Example sentences of "far as [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only as far as proof goes . |
| 2 | Though the hoped-for explosion of educational television has not happened the effect has not been entirely negative as far as literacy goes . |
| 3 | Every culture in Britain at the moment has a similar philosophy as far as size goes : if you want to look good , be desirable , you 've got to be thin . |
| 4 | It has often been said that he did not really have any very clear idea of what he wanted from his Council ; and as far as content goes , that may be true . |
| 5 | In so far as decorum allows I have tried to do so myself , and at some cost to my reputation for a sympathetic bedside manner . |
| 6 | Well get Fantavision , this shareware product is the business as far as animation goes . |
| 7 | ‘ In my own terms , I would describe myself as a fanatic as far as bonsai goes . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ In my own terms , I would describe myself as a fanatic as far as bonsai goes ’ Cregagh Bonsai owner Stephen Whiteside surrounds himself with the love of his life . |
| 9 | Motivated by a ‘ passion ’ for what she does , she still refuses to ‘ take it that seriously ’ , emphasising that , as far as motherhood goes , she will not compromise . |
| 10 | In the case of a company limited by shares , normally the only liability imposed on a shareholder as such will be to pay up the nominal value of the shares and any premium in so far as payment has not already been made by a previous holder . |
| 11 | As far as price goes , these machines are still at the budget end of the market . |
| 12 | In addition , as far as English has been concerned , others besides progressives and radicals have questioned the value of academic approaches for working-class pupils . |
| 13 | Gary Chapman says that at some tracks they can hit 120 miles an hour … as far as cost goes you can spend fifty thousand … or just five hundred … |
| 14 | As far as money goes , Peckham has the existing yearly budget for research in the NHS plus new money to pay for a support staff of more than 50 people in the research programme at the Department of Health . |
| 15 | So the regulatory tactic should be to ban the risks consensus defines as unacceptable and to impose ( if necessary ) a duty to limit other risks as far as money allows . |
| 16 | As far as defence goes … |
| 17 | In so far as history aspires to meaning , it is doomed to select regions , periods , groups of men and individuals in these groups and to make them stand out , as discontinuous figures , against a continuity barely good enough to be used as a backdrop . |
| 18 | As far as Rainbow knows , I 'm still stuck inside her mirror , back at the flat . |
| 19 | What is the status of these areas as far as planning goes ? |
| 20 | This knowledge ensures they start every letter with ‘ I know you must be swamped by requests to open bizzarres [ sic ] like these but — ’ and ‘ Your secretary assures us that you are unable to speak at our annual dinner in John O'Groats but — ’ and that 's about as far as understanding goes . |
| 21 | As far as health goes , we have done pretty well , discounting the minor trials of age , and we are lucky in that they are minor . |
| 22 | There do not appear to have been any empirical studies which have looked for an increase in the amount of information reflected in share prices as a result of the commencement of trading in index futures ( except in so far as volatility reflects information ; see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 23 | I use loads of different conditioners but as far as shampoo goes . |
| 24 | As far as speed limits lower than the ‘ normal urban ’ 50 km/h ( 30 mph ) limit are concerned , this is subject to the consent of the Secretary of State which is ‘ in practice rarely given . ’ |
| 25 | Consequently the knights of Surrey obtained , for a fine of 200 marks , the disafforestment of all their county from the river Wey eastward to the Kent boundary , and from the Guildford road southward ‘ as far as Surrey extends ’ ; thus only the north-western corner of the county remained within the royal forest of Windsor . |
| 26 | Louis then swore in the lingua romana , so that Charles 's men would understand him : For the love of God and for the Christian people and for our common salvation , from this day henceforth , as far as God grants that I know and can , I shall so help this my brother Charles with my aid and in all things , as every man ought in right to help his brother , on condition that he does the like for me . |
| 27 | In so far as socialism means the collective ownership and management of the economy and social relations , it requires an extensive administrative apparatus . |
| 28 | In literate society , these interlocking conversations go on ; but they are no longer man 's only dialogue ; and in so far as writing provides an alternative source for the transmission of cultural orientations it favours awareness of inconsistency . |
| 29 | Both make-ups can be available at the same time and , so far as value goes , there is nothing to choose between them . |
| 30 | We are , says Derrida , still inside structuralism in so far as structuralism constitutes ‘ an adventure of vision , a conversion in the way of putting questions to any object ’ ( Derrida 1978 : 3 ) . |